Letters to a mother on the watchful care of her infant.

Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letters to a mother on the watchful care of her infant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    inflammation of some internal organ, from exposure under such circum- stances. Even adults are apt to become chill and to take cold, on falling asleep amidst circumstances of exposure to cold or damp, the pores of the skin being open during sleep. Exposure to cold, on the other hand, induces a disposition to sleep, a sort of reciprocity of action and influence observed in other circumstances, and especially in regard to sleep and the process of digestion. I have frequently observed the slight- est degree of a febrile paroxysm in infants and young children during sleep. There is a degree of chilliness or of proneness to it, then a flush, and lastly, perspiration. In this respect, infancy seems allied to some morbid states of